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What Do OCs Do If They DON'T Call Plays? Bengals OC Dan Pitcher Answers
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The success of coaches like Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay has created a group of coaches that, at one time in the recent past, were quite rare...non-playcalling offensive coordinators. Fully half the league will have offensive coordinators who don't call plays on gameday this season. So, what exactly do they do? Cincinnati Bengals OC Dan Pitcher, who works under head coach/playcaller Zac Taylor and part-time idea man Joe Burrow, takes us through it all on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
0:00 Welcome to the show
0:10 Additional reporting on non-play calling OCs
27:16 Dan Pitcher joins
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